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Old November 24th 08, 12:09 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
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Default Motherboard Chipset upgrade


I have an Asus P5Q-E running Vista 64.

Is upgrading the motherboard chipset worth the risk, generally speaking
?


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Old November 24th 08, 02:13 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
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Default Motherboard Chipset upgrade


Do you mean upgrading the BIOS? The chipset is soldered on the board.
You replace the motherboard to replace the chipset?


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Old November 24th 08, 02:19 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
cutchips
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Default Motherboard Chipset upgrade


Not the bios, I mean the driver of the motherboard's chipset.

And I don't replace the motherboard. It's a brand new pc but the
motherboard's chipset driver/software is not up to update. Latest
version is:

* Product: Intel(R) Chipset Device Software
* Release: Production Version
* Version: 9.0.0.1009
* Target Chipset#: Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset
* Date: June 04 2008

Trouble is there are some annoying warnings such as:

7. It is recommended that the Intel(R) Chipset Device Software
be installed onto the target system prior to the
installation of other drivers.


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Old November 24th 08, 02:28 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
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Default Motherboard Chipset upgrade

Presumably you mean chipset drivers?
Generally, if its working dont fix it
Or look on Asus site to check what the upgrade is supposed to fix or what
extra its going to give.
And DONT use winupdate for any drivers

"cutchips" wrote in message
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I have an Asus P5Q-E running Vista 64.

Is upgrading the motherboard chipset worth the risk, generally speaking
?


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Old November 24th 08, 03:43 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
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Default Motherboard Chipset upgrade

It's not a high risk upgrade and is generally worth doing. The 'chipset
drivers' mainly update .inf files used for installing or updating hardware.
I've done hundreds of these updates and have never seen a problem.
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"cutchips" wrote in message
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I have an Asus P5Q-E running Vista 64.

Is upgrading the motherboard chipset worth the risk, generally speaking
?


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Old November 24th 08, 09:10 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
Mort
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Default Motherboard Chipset upgrade

On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:43:55 -0500, "GTS" wrote:

It's not a high risk upgrade and is generally worth doing. The 'chipset
drivers' mainly update .inf files used for installing or updating hardware.
I've done hundreds of these updates and have never seen a problem.


And you've probably not seen a difference either.

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Old November 24th 08, 09:18 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
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Default Motherboard Chipset upgrade


"Mort" wrote in message
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On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:43:55 -0500, "GTS" wrote:

It's not a high risk upgrade and is generally worth doing. The 'chipset
drivers' mainly update .inf files used for installing or updating
hardware.
I've done hundreds of these updates and have never seen a problem.


And you've probably not seen a difference either.

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Not so. It has been the solution to occasional hardware issues.

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Old November 24th 08, 10:44 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
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Default Motherboard Chipset upgrade


I'm afraid it won't help but I have updated everything except chipset
driver and bios. And I still get pesky crashes while playing Crying and
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2.
I start to suspect the Avira antivirus interfering with those games...


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Old November 26th 08, 03:33 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
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Default Motherboard Chipset upgrade



"cutchips" wrote in message
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I'm afraid it won't help but I have updated everything except chipset
driver and bios. And I still get pesky crashes while playing Crying and
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2.
I start to suspect the Avira antivirus interfering with those games...


There's an easy way to check. Just deactivate the virus checker and rerun the game.
See if the situation improves.

Tom Lake

 




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